Comment on Add it to the pile of reasons to hate 'em

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• anaVal@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  The latin names had -um suffixes

  • Gold - Aurum
  • Silver - Argentum
  • Lead - Plumbum

  also:

  • Copper - Cuprum
  • Iron - Ferrum

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  • lastunusedusername2@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Aluminum already has an -um suffix so there’s no need to change it

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    • Cort@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      So did it’s predecessor name: Alum

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      • zqps@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Al-Um

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• RandomVideos@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Platinium sounds so much better than platinum

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• Thunderbird4@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Molybdenium

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• Scubus@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Mercuryium

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• SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  The only ones they teach you about in the US, huh? And also not about their latin names apparently.

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• Feathercrown@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Motherload moment

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  • zarkanian@sh.itjust.works ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Your mother took my load lmao

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    • edgemaster72@lemmy.world ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

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